The Academic Minute features professors from top institutions around the country, delving into topics from the serious to the light-hearted, keeping listeners abreast of what's new and exciting in the academy.

The speed, ferocity, and resilience of tawny fire ants is drawing the attention of the entomology world. In today's Academic Minute, the University of Texas at Austin's Edward LeBrun examines the invasion. LeBrun is a postdoctoral fellow in the department of integrative biology at UT-Austin. A transcript of this podcast can be found here.

If you’re reading this right now, chances are you’ve just taken a breath. Oxygen is one of those essential elements that allows us humans to live, and in today's Academic Minute, Aarhus University's Ole Hertel discusses his research on air quality.

Something as trivial as the sound of one’s voice might prove detrimental in the workplace, especially if you’re a woman. In today's Academic Minute, the University of Miami's Casey A. Klofstad profiles vocal fry and the deleterious affect it may have.

It’s common knowledge that chimpanzees are one of humans' closest relatives in the animal kingdom. In today's Academic Minute, Georgia State University's Robert D. Latzman delves into the individual personalities and neurobiology of chimpanzees and discusses some shared traits. Latzman is an assistant professor in Georgia State's department of psychology. A transcript of this podcast can be found here.